Figure 4. Average within-firm 90–10 skills gap, skewness, and interquartile range, by median-wage percentile, 1999
Median-wage percentile Average within-firm 90–10 skill gap Average within-firm interquartile range Average within-firm skewness

5

1.985 0.26 1.589

10

2.335 .315 1.82

15

2.778 .427 1.967

20

2.875 .574 1.619

25

3.2 .623 1.502

30

3.26 .737 1.381

35

3.5 .807 1.138

40

3.53 .859 .958

45

3.554 .883 .878

50

3.643 1.038 .762

55

3.345 .994 .532

60

3.366 1.074 .53

65

3.255 1.066 .393

70

2.956 1.137 .201

75

3.268 1.145 -.047

80

3.139 1.17 -.313

85

3.104 1.142 -.406

90

3.011 1.124 -.482

95

3.368 1.134 -.542

>95

3.239 1.14 -.858
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.